Volume 14, Issue 2

Bhagya Venkanna Rao

pp. 72 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.2.15 · 2021

Rise in life expectancy and decrease in mortality has resulted in an extremely faster rate of geriatrics in India. The majority of the elderly population in India is underprivileged with low education and lesser cleanlin…

Leya P Babu, Johnson V Babu, Shaji George, Nimmy Robin, Joicy Jose

pp. 73–88 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.2.16 · 2021

Tuberculosis is a contagious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, leading to increased mortality and morbidity. Although many new diagnostic tests and treatments have emerged for TB, there is still a big questio…

Thennarasu Palani, Ramakrishnan V Trichur, Selina Grace Kurian, Selvabharathi M, Sivashankari M, Shalini AS, Srikanth Jeyabalan

pp. 89–95 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.2.17 · 2021

Aim/Background:The study aims to identify the risk profile of patients aged above 65 years and to study the pattern of drug use and resource planning for interventions. Methods and Materials: A prospective observational …

Konda Nikhitha, Sikilambatla Sai Kiran, Meraboina Prasad, Maram Chinna Eswaraiah

pp. 96–101 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.2.18 · 2021

Background: Majority of people with chronic diseases especially having Hypertension and Diabetes have poor Quality Of Life to their therapeutic regimen and life style. It can also result in a variety of complications in …

Rekha Bisht, Arvind Dabi, Pankaj Dixit, Dinesh Kumar Mishra

pp. 102–105 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.2.19 · 2021

Background:Antibiotic resistance is presently the gigantic challenge to the effective treatment of infections globally. It is a rapidly growing clinical problem and public health threat. Promiscuous use of antibiotics is…

Vivek Ratnamraju, Priti Dhande

pp. 106–113 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.2.20 · 2021

Background:Any medication reaching a patient has tendency to face errors, from point of procurement to its consumption. Often health-care professionals, being human, are inevitably bound to commit errors potentially caus…

Priti P. Dhande, Akshay V. Mule, Akshay P. Chaudhari

pp. 114–117 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.2.21 · 2021

Background: Drug names or their appearances are sometimes confusing to the healthcare professionals. These look-alike and sound-alike drugs have the risk of being wrongly used in patients leading to medication errors. Li…

Ranjeth R, Amritha M.S, Resmi Vijayasenan, I. John Wesley

pp. 118–122 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.2.22 · 2021

Background:Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory disease which can recur at adulthood particularly in people with genetic predisposition like asthma or other hypersensitivities. It has an adverse impact on the dail…

Haroledpeter P.L., Sampathkumar Madhusudhan, Thirupathykumaresan P, Keerthiyurenikka J, Murugakadavul Arumugavignesh, Rajasmith Paul McGrath

pp. 123–127 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.2.23 · 2021

Objectives:The study aims to know about antibiotic prescribing pattern among pediatric patients admitted in a government headquarters hospital. Methods:This is a prospective observational study involving 159 pediatric pa…

Sam Aaseer Thamby, Teng Sue Wen, Ng Yen Ping, Lai Carine, Ganesh Pandian Balasubramanian, Sireesha Paruchuri

pp. 128–134 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.2.24 · 2021

Background:Asthma is a serious non-communicable disorder where the inflammation of the airways passages occurs and cause narrowing of the airways. Statistic shows approximately two millions asthmatic patients in Malaysia…

Anitha Jose Subin

pp. 135–139 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.2.25 · 2021

Objectives: Present study is aimed at reporting the use and people’s attitude towards the traditional system of medicine for their medical emergencies or common ailments. Methods: Study was done in outpatient departments…

Vishnudas KS, Swetha S, Sheba Susan Chacko, Angel Solemn, Silsha P, Arumukhan Suresh, Ganapathi Babu

pp. 140–144 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.2.26 · 2021

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of guideline adherence in treatment of hypertension in a tertiary care hospital in Calicut. Materials and Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted for a period of 6 mont…

Akhila Dadwai, Karthika Navar, Manasa Bagilipeddola, Rajareddy Rajannagari, Satyavardhan Rao Nittu

pp. 145–147 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.2.27 · 2021

Background:Carbamazepine, an anticonvulsant and a mood-stabilizing drug is the main cause of the Stevens- Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and its related disease, toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), in Southeast. Asian countries. C…

Khaled Mohammed Alakhali, Yasameen Mohammed Mahdi, Lyna Irawati, Abdulaleem Mahuob

pp. 148–150 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.2.28 · 2021

Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a neuromuscular junction disease. Around fifteen percent of myasthenia gravis patients are found to have thymoma and 20%-25% of thymoma patients have myasthenia gravis. T-MG is equally common of…

Shirisha Jakkula, Satish Chinnala, Shravani Komuravelly, Venkateshwarlu Eggadi

pp. 151–153 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.2.29 · 2021

Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS) is as well called as Ritter von Ritterschein disease, Lyell disease, Ritter disease and staphylococcal necrolysis of the epidermis. More common in neonates and children of age …

Arathi Thekke Veedu, Tonya Clara Thomas, Gopika Konattu Shaijan, Maneesha Thazhayil, Kabeer Parayil Karuvanvalappil

pp. 154–156 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.2.30 · 2021

Chronic Actinic Dermatitis (CAD) or Chronic Photosensitivity Dermatitis is an immunologically mediated photodermatosis which is characterized by pruritic eczematous lesions, severely itchy, red, inflamed and thickened dr…